Johnson, the leader of the British Conservative Party and the new prime minister, is far ahead in the first round of voting.

　　Britain’s ruling Conservative Party held its first round of voting on the 13th. Boris Johnson, the most popular candidate and former foreign minister, won an overwhelming victory and almost certainly entered the final stage of the duel. Three candidates were eliminated because of insufficient votes.

　　On the same day, the British media exposed that some candidates who broke into the follow-up voting session conspired to form an alliance in an attempt to jointly challenge Johnson.

　　[Steady advantage]

　　313 Conservative MPs, including Prime Minister Theresa May and 10 candidates, voted on the morning of 13th. Johnson won 114 votes, with a vote rate of over 30%, setting a record for the first round of voting in the Conservative Party’s first election.

　　Foreign Minister Jeremy hunter and Minister of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove won 43 votes and 37 votes respectively, ranking second and third.

　　Andrea Lidsom, former leader of the lower house of parliament, Mark Harper, former whip of the Conservative Party, and Esther McVey, former minister of employment and pensions, were eliminated due to less than 17 votes.

　　Johnson thanked his friends and colleagues for their support through social media "Twitter", saying "I am happy to win the first round of voting, but we still have a long way to go".

　　Reuters reported that other candidates who were shortlisted for the follow-up voting session included: Dominique Rab, former "Brexit" Minister, with 27 votes; Home Secretary Said Dzhavid, 23 votes; Minister of Health Matthew Hancock, 20 votes; Rory Stewart, Secretary of State for International Development, 19 votes.

　　According to the Associated Press and the British "Guardian", with the support, Johnson basically ensured that he was shortlisted for the final stage of voting. Barring "unusual interference", he is almost certain to become the new British Prime Minister.

　　The second round of voting is scheduled to be held on the 18th, and those who get less than 33 votes will be eliminated. 19th and 20th are also possible voting days. Members of parliament will select two candidates to enter the runoff through several rounds of voting. About 160,000 members of the Conservative Party in the country then elected the new party leader from the two by mail ballot. The results will be announced within one week from July 22nd.

　　[seek alliance]

　　The Guardian reported that if a candidate intends to withdraw from the election, he can inform the parliamentarians who supervise the competition for the party leader to organize the "1922 Committee" before noon on the 14th.

　　Hancock, the health minister who got the penultimate number of votes, was under pressure to withdraw from the election. He had hoped to get supporters from Stewart, the international development minister with the lowest number of votes, but the latter insisted on not withdrawing.

　　Hancock is negotiating an alliance with other candidates in order to launch the "most powerful challenge" to Johnson. Hancock had an interview with Interior Minister Dzhavid on the afternoon of 13th, but no consensus was reached.

　　A source disclosed that if Hancock chooses to support Goff, Minister of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, it may help Goff enter the runoff election, but Dzhavid, who represents "change" and "future", is also a good choice. Many Hancock supporters are reluctant to form an alliance with Foreign Secretary Hunter, on the grounds that most of Hunter’s support comes from the Conservative Party.

　　In the evening, six candidates jointly issued a statement to put pressure on Johnson. Johnson has been accused of evading scrutiny because of his low-key behavior recently.

　　Six people promised to participate in two TV debates, saying that the next Conservative Party leader and prime minister is faced with "the key task of uniting Britain with a new vision", not only to realize Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, but also to clarify the next step; The debate will provide an important opportunity to define the future vision.

　　Johnson’s spokesman said that he was "discussing" with the TV station whether to participate in the debate.

　　Due to the deadlock in the Brexit process, Theresa May was forced to give up the position of leader of the Conservative Party and remain as prime minister until the new party was the first choice. (Ocean) (special feature of Xinhua News Agency)